Insulating effect of coals and black shales in the Appalachian Basin, Western Pennsylvania

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 243-249

  Cercone, Karen Rose ^a   Deming, David ^b   Pollack, Henry N ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachian Basin; black shale; coal; thermal conductivity; thermal maturity

Indexed keywords

CARBONACEOUS SHALE; HEAT TRANSFER; LITHOLOGY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL GRADIENTS; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS;

APPALACHIAN BASIN; BLACK SHALES; CARBONACEOUS STRATA; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENTS; ORGANIC MATTER; PENNSYLVANIA; THERMAL MATURITY;

COAL;

BLACK SHALE; CARBONIFEROUS; COAL; CONEMAUGH GROUP; INSULATING EFFECT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

USA, PENNSYLVANIA, APPALACHIAN BASIN;

EID: 0030072227     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0146-6380(96)00021-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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